Sun Deyue (1st L), a cadre from Beijing, who is the Doilungdeqen County's party secretary, celebrates the Tibetan New Year with his Tibetan friends in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 26, 2009, the second day of the "earth ox" year on the Tibetan calendar. Officials coming from interior areas to aid the region celebrated the Tibetan New Year together with local Tibetans. [Xinhua]

Liu Shengjie (C), a cadre from Beijing, dances with his Tibetan friends during the celebration of the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 26, 2009, the second day of the "earth ox" year on the Tibetan calendar. Officials coming from interior areas to aid the region celebrated the Tibetan New Year together with local Tibetans. [Xinhua]